Discourses on Livy · Character
Coriolanus
Roman patrician who turned against Rome after being exiled.
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Coriolanus shows up with force in VII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
His proposal to withhold corn from the plebeians incited popular fury; the tribunes' formal accusation prevented mob violence and potential civil strife.
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In VII: His proposal to withhold corn from the plebeians incited popular fury; the tribunes' formal accusation prevented mob violence and potential civil strife. Later, in Chapter XXIX: Whether a people or a prince is…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the Claudian censor, driven by the family’s ingrained haughti…
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